Now, it is understood that after a consultation, a £7.50 per year permit will be created for people who only want one visitor permit and don’t have a residents’ permit of their own.

It is thought it will be introduced at the end of the month.

Cathays Lib Dem councillor Elizabeth Clark said: “The huge increase had a particularly unfair impact on vulnerable residents. They often do not have a car themselves but depend on the visitor permit for their carers and relatives.”

Lib Dem MP for Cardiff Central Jenny Willott welcomed the move and said: “Across Adamsdown, Cathays and Plasnewydd, many residents have been in touch with me about the extortionate increase in visitor parking permits. In particular, elderly residents who don’t have their own car were facing a large increase not faced by those residents who do have a car. I am extremely glad that the Labour-run council has seen sense and decided to reduce the cost.”

But a Cardiff Labour spokesman said: “This is Ramesh Patel (Cabinet Member for Transport, Planning &amp; Sustainability) listening to residents and taking their ideas on-board. If the Lib Dems did take part in the consultation we thank them for it.”

Fees to park in Cardiff council-operated car parks increased by an average of 23p earlier this year.

Motorists hardest hit were those using on-street parking bays in Butetown, where charges increased by an average of 70p.

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